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Crazy Train of Thought is a weekly podcast brought to you by The Idiot Savants. Join host Ryan Wolf and his cadre of comrades for video game and video-game-related discussions, games of the week, and irreverent deep dives into ridiculousness. The show often features raucous rants about things we hate and more dick jokes than your mom probably allows at the dinner table. Or maybe a completely reasonable amount of dick jokes? I don't know. I don't know your mom.

Crazy Train of Thought: A Podcast Vaguely About Video Games The Idiot Savants

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Crazy Train of Thought is a weekly podcast brought to you by The Idiot Savants. Join host Ryan Wolf and his cadre of comrades for video game and video-game-related discussions, games of the week, and irreverent deep dives into ridiculousness. The show often features raucous rants about things we hate and more dick jokes than your mom probably allows at the dinner table. Or maybe a completely reasonable amount of dick jokes? I don't know. I don't know your mom.

    163: Palworld, Madame Web, and the Future of Xbox

    163: Palworld, Madame Web, and the Future of Xbox

    ALL ABOARD for another fantastic episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Host Ryan Wolf is joined this week by Sith Overlord Austyn Torres, Palmaster Troy Osborn, and backdraft (the movie) survivor Colin Freakin Giffy. Checkalook at this week’s topics:

    (00:03:25) Is Palworld better than Pokemon?

    (00:23:29) Base-building in Palworld

    (00:25:58) Shoutout Palworld.gg

    (00:27:25) Palworld and other Pokemon clones

    (00:30:08) Troy’s idea for captured humans in PalworldZZ

    (00:32:26) Base raids and defenses

    (00:34:55) Austyn gets back to base building

    (00:36:27) Palworld is really f*cked up

    (00:39:15) Closing thoughts on Palworld

    (00:46:18) A short conversation about Spiderman 2 the game, but not the original game based on the movie Spiderman 2 in 2004 or the game Amazing Spiderman 2 also based on the popular movie. This is like totally different from that. In fact, forget those ones were ever released at all and that the game we are about to talk about is the only game called Spiderman 2 to exist in this timeline.

    (00:59:52) An impromptu rant about Madam Web

    (01:30:33) Xbox goes multiplatform? A video essay in defense of big green



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    • 1 hr 52 min
    162: Is Starfield the Most BETHESDA Game Ever Made?

    162: Is Starfield the Most BETHESDA Game Ever Made?

    Episode 162

    ALL ABOARD for another fantastic episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Host Ryan Wolf is joined this week by the pirouetted piercer himself Austyn Torres and Pokemaster Troy Osborn. Checkalook at this week’s topics:

    (00:02:40) The Idiot Savants Abroad! Ryan goes to the UK

    (00:24:07) Starfield chat begins

    (00:27:05) Ryan is frustrated

    (00:37:51) How not to role play as The Mantis

    (00:45:20) Troy has a solution

    (00:57:42) Troy’s time with Starfield

    (01:11:35) Chameleon armor ftw

    (01:18:25) Austyn has ship issues (shipshues?)

    (01:25:59) Addressing backlash to Starfield (small spoiler warning)

    (01:57:29) Characters and companions

    (02:02:40) Is Starfield sterile/vanilla?

    (02:13:34) DLC ideas and Starfield vs Horizon 2 vs Cyberpunk



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    • 2 hr 30 min
    161: Cancun Drug Dealers, Path of the Titan, and Soul Hackers 2

    161: Cancun Drug Dealers, Path of the Titan, and Soul Hackers 2

    All Aboard!! Sam shares his tales of his time in Cancun. Ryan reveals he's already achieved a lifelong dream of his to see T. Swift in concert. Austin guides us through the prehistoric game: Path of Titans. Ryan Talks about Soul Hackers 2. TMNT has a pizza scented controller?? Gross? Cool? Tell us your thoughts as you join us on this week's Crazy Train of Thought.



    01:46 Sam Goes to Cancun

    11:52 Ryan at a T Swift Concert

    33:00 Path of Titans

    50:32 Soul Hackers 2

    1:26:00 Pizza Scented Controllers





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    160: Dead Island 2 and Micro-vision XBlizzard versus FTC

    160: Dead Island 2 and Micro-vision XBlizzard versus FTC

    ALL ABOARD for this week’s episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Ryan Wolf is joined again this week by former ice roller blading consultant Austyn Torres and 2012’s Winner of the Easter Egg Hider World Championships Malcolm Wilson.

    Checkalook at our topics: 

    (00:02:18) Reminiscing about Dead Island 1 

    (00:03:19) Dead Island 1 trailer 

    (00:06:50) Dead Island 2 - trailer and comparison to Dying Light 

    (00:09:35) Dead Island 2 - G.O.R.E. system 

    (00:16:59) Dead Island 2 - best mission so far 

    (00:22:23) Dead Island 2 - ability cards and upgrades 

    (00:30:49) Dead Island 2 - does it need parkour? 

    (00:40:20) Dead Island 2 - environmental kills 

    (00:42:21) Warlander (free-to-play, Steam/Playstation Network) 

    (00:52:12) Warlander has mediocre reviews? 

    (00:58:14) Streamer “Gotfeet” plays Warlander with his feet 

    (01:05:41) News: Microsoft vs FTC 

    (01:15:30) Microsoft “spend Sony out of business” email 

    (01:30:34) Starfield not on Xbox? – Phil Spencer reveal 

    (01:34:56) Ryan - #1 Xbox stan? 

    (01:39:01) Potential repercussions of the Microsoft/Activision deal 

     

    Links: 

    Dead Island 2 

    Warlander on Steam (steampowered.com) 

    GotFEET - Twitch 

    What the FTC v. Microsoft trial uncovered about the video game industry (yahoo.com) 

     

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    • 1 hr 51 min
    159: Frito Lay Presents: Flamin' Hot Summer of Games

    159: Frito Lay Presents: Flamin' Hot Summer of Games

    ALL ABOARD for another amazingly stupid episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Host Ryan Wolf is joined this week by pirouetted piercer Austyn Torres and the best podcast producer in the game today - Malcolm Wilson. Checkalook at our topics:

    (00:00:39) Ryan grew a beard

    (00:03:48) Austyn changes jobs

    (00:13:46) Frito Lay Presents: Flamin’ Hot Summer of Games

    (00:15:59) Ryan’s thoughts on Avatar and ass wiping

    (00:26:29) Austyn talks Assassins Creed: Mirage

    (00:34:02) Far Cry Blood Dragon gets a Netflix anime series

    (00:34:38) Austyn talks Star Wars: Outlaws

    (00:42:37) Austyn and Insomniacs’ Spiderman 2

    (00:46:39) Ryan and Dragon’s Dogma 2

    (00:54:21) Austyn and Baulder’s Gate 3

    (01:00:12) Fable and Richard Ayoade

    (01:05:57) Anger Foot and Skate Story

    (01:12:55) We all talk Starfield

    (01:29:00) Penis-shaped ships



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    158: VR Poker

    158: VR Poker

    ALL ABOARD the Crazy Train of Thought Podcast...or rather our train wreck. The Supreme Host Ryan Wolf is joined by VR Expert Collin Freaking Giffy (#backonthepod), and Pokemaster Troy Osborn (no relation to Ozzy). 

    Today's subjects include:

    (17:53) What not to do in VR Poker 

    (40:57) Taji: An Ancient Epic 

    (54:12) The Ascent


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    • 1 hr 11 min

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